Help!I read somewhere in this forum that gentLed could be used to drive cameras with IR control such as the Nex 5 from Panogear.Now, I have all the hardware but no dice. Of the 3 connectors that can be used, only one gives some reaction by firing gentLed continuously.This indicates that gentLed works. Reversing the connector evokes no reaction at all, same with the others no matter which direction is used.Any ideas? Help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

contax wrote:Help!I read somewhere in this forum that gentLed could be used to drive cameras with IR control such as the Nex 5 from Panogear.Now, I have all the hardware but no dice. Of the 3 connectors that can be used, only one gives some reaction by firing gentLed continuously.This indicates that gentLed works. Reversing the connector evokes no reaction at all, same with the others no matter which direction is used.Any ideas? Help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Welcome to the forum...

I use one with my Nikon D40.

I have a standard Merlin mount - purchased before Panogear branded mounts were offered by Kolor. It came with a shutter cable which has a 2.5mm jack on each end that is designed to work with Canon Rebel (xxxD) series DSLRs.

Thanks Andrew.I think that the cable you are referring to is the one with silver contacts supplied with the mount by Kolor (there are a number of cables supplied separately with gold contacts).If this works for you, I am starting to suspect some sort of malfunction on the mount itself. Is there anything more than just plugging the cable one has to do? Like setting config parameters in papywizard?

mediavets wrote:Did you have any trouble mounting your NEX5 on the Panogear rail?

Perhaps you could post a photo of your setup?

The documentation seems to be inspired by Ikea, so I am not sure I mounted the Nex right. But it sort of works.I should probably find the nodal point and all that stuff, but the primary use should be on fair (30+ mt.) distance, so I feel it should not be critical.

Thanks for this tip also.These show the NEX 5 with a Nikkor Ais 135/2.8.The little black block on top of the lens is the gentLed.I had some initial shots with a Contax C/Y 80-200, fairly heavy lens but it stays well with the normal rail (fine because I did not understand how to mount the L-rail).I will try some shots with a Canon FD 500/8 mirror.

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